New OBTA and frenatus clown

[hatfielj]

Just wanted to share a pic of my new anemone that I picked up at the LFS a few weeks ago. I recently added a tomato clown to the tank to host in it. Alot of people told me not to, but I liked the fact that they are natural hosts in the wild. Comments on tomato clowns welcome. I think they are beautiful fish regardless.
Enjoy!

 

[Genin]

Sweet looking RBTA and Tomato! I have a pair of tomatoes myself and think they are super clowns to own. good luck with them.

 

[GSMguy]

are there two anemones in there
?

 

[Grins]

Looks like another rose BTA huh?

 

[hatfielj]

There's only one anemone there, occaisonally it extends a portion of itself to a spot right behind that rock and it makes it looks like theres two.

 

[kirkland]

I think the clown looks great with that anemone. love them both!

 

[aznlmpulse]

What did people say when they were advising against it?

I have two tomatos and a GBTA. They look more natural than your run of the mil- Nemo fish IMO. More...tropical looking.

I also have a small slown goby, and they all get along fine.

The only thing is, when ever my hand gets close to the nem, the larger tomato gets really angry and starts pecking at me.

 

[xtm]

nice pic! You're lucky it went for the Anemone that fast. My tomato clown just ignores the BTA

 

[hatfielj]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10661445#post10661445 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by aznlmpulse
What did people say when they were advising against it?

I have two tomatos and a GBTA. They look more natural than your run of the mil- Nemo fish IMO. More...tropical looking.

I also have a small slown goby, and they all get along fine.

The only thing is, when ever my hand gets close to the nem, the larger tomato gets really angry and starts pecking at me.

Basically people were just warning me about how bossy they can get and how they will bite you when you put your hand in the tank. However, I don't think it will be much of a problem in my tank because its towards the back in its on little space and it rarely leaves its corner and the other fish rarely go near its corner.

 

[Genin]

IME, all clowns can get downright nasty when you get near their anemones.